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RSU students who received scholarships from funds raised through the RSU Bartlesville Scholarship Breakfast were Sage Elzo (from left), Charlett Tucker, Rachel Price, Channah Shpeizer, Ethel Golden, Alora Calkins and Cory Snelson.
RSU Bartlesville graduate Cory Snelson.
Phillips 66 Communications and Community Relations Director Jenny Brown.
RSU Bartlesville graduate Cory Snelson.
BARTLESVILLE – Students attending Rogers State University Bartlesville continue to benefit from the support of educational partners such as Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips who have once again been recognized as lead donors to the RSU Foundation’s scholarship program.
RSU students who received scholarships from funds raised through the RSU Bartlesville Scholarship Breakfast were Sage Elzo (from left), Charlett Tucker, Rachel Price, Channah Shpeizer, Ethel Golden, Alora Calkins and Cory Snelson.
In a report released by the RSU Communications Office, RSU Vice President for Development Steve Valencia acknowledged the decades-long support of the corporate partners and other key supporters in attendance during the annual June RSU Foundation Fundraising Breakfast in Bartlesville.
Bartlesville is home to one of three RSU community-based campuses. The main campus is located in Claremore with another campus located in Pryor.
Thus far, this year’s breakfast raised more than $22,000, with more expected in the coming weeks.
Valencia acknowledged speakers from ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, Karen Leinen and Jenny Brown, respectively.
Phillips 66 Communications and Community Relations Director Jenny Brown.
“Phillips66 is pleased to contribute each year to RSU,” said Brown, Communications and Community Relations, Phillips 66. “Education is one of our pillars, so we’re always glad to contribute to RSU. Congratulations to all the students.”
“We’re so happy to partner with RSU and to be able to help our students along their life’s path, moving down that road with their studies and in their careers,” said Leinen, Bartlesville Community Relations, ConocoPhillips. “We’re so excited to be a part of that and we hope to be an encouragement to you all as you go along the way.”
The annual fundraising event provides scholarships for students attending RSU Bartlesville, as well as those who have transitioned from attending RSU Bartlesville to the Claremore campus to complete their degree.
Valencia thanked the sponsors, advertisers, supporters and friends of RSU telling them each student has a different story, different needs, “but they all have goals and dreams.”
Student speaker Cory Snelson shared her educational journey, made possible in part through an RSU Foundation scholarship.
“When I first went to college in 2007, I went on a soccer scholarship and I was not the biggest fan of school,” Snelson began. “I did all the extra tutoring sessions and I still struggled, feeling like I was ‘just another student’ and I didn’t get a lot of guidance. No one in my family had gone to college, so I didn’t have anyone to truly lean on within my family.”
When her little sister got into a serious car accident and needed care, Snelson said she ceased her studies to look after her injured sibling and started working full-time.
“At that time, I thought I would never be a college graduate,” she said. “Fast forward a few years to 2010, I got married, time flew, and I had a crazy idea to start looking at college programs again.
“In the fall of 2022, I decided to take the chance and talk to an advisor at RSU about the potential for me to start classes in the spring of 2023,” she said. “I talked to the advisor at the RSU Bartlesville location, and I had the opportunity to enroll on the spot.”
Snelson said she told her advisor that she set a goal for herself to graduate with her degree by the time she was 35 – a goal which was only 18 months away.
With the support of her husband and scholarships from RSU, she was able to complete her education and achieved her goal when she graduated from RSU in this spring semester with a degree in organizational leadership.
“I couldn’t have made it through without the RSU Foundation and gracious donors, like all of you today,” she said. “To be a success in life, you must have a strong support system. Getting my college degree was something I didn’t think I would be able to get, but I had a strong support system behind me, cheering me on. Thank you all for helping me and helping future students. I appreciate you guys.”
At RSU’s Bartlesville campus, students can complete requirements for a Bachelor of Science in business administration with options in management, accounting, and finance, as well as associate degree options in business administration, accounting, elementary education, secondary education, social science – psychology, and liberal arts – general, and more.
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